Read article 'The race to observe gamma-ray bursts'
The race to observe gamma-ray bursts
After the precise localization of a new gamma-ray burst, several institutes try to obtain an image of its optical counterpart as quickly as possible.
Read article 'The race to observe gamma-ray bursts'
Read article 'NESTOR sees muons at the bottom of the sea'
NESTOR sees muons at the bottom of the sea
On 29 March the NESTOR collaboration successfully deployed the first "floor" for a detector tower at its site 4000 m deep in the Ionian Sea.
Read article 'ACFA unveils plans for linear collider'
ACFA unveils plans for linear collider
The Asian Committee for Future Accelerators (ACFA), together with the Japan Association of High Energy Physics (JAHEP) and the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), have published a "ro...
Read article 'Wigglers give CESR a new charmed life'
Wigglers give CESR a new charmed life
In early March, after more than 23 years of continuous operation, the CESR staff and the CLEO collaboration at Cornell completed their programme of b quark physics.
Read article 'Neutrinos limit role of CNO cycle'
Neutrinos limit role of CNO cycle
The Sun burns through various nuclear reactions with the same net effect - the fusion of four protons to form a nucleus of helium, with the release of energy.
Read article 'BESSY shines bright in the far-infrared'
BESSY shines bright in the far-infrared
The BESSY synchrotron light source in Berlin has developed a technique to provide intense, steady-state, broadband coherent radiation in the far-infrared - or terahertz (THz) - spectral range.
Read article 'Universe may end in a Big Rip'
Universe may end in a Big Rip
“Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice” wrote the poet Robert Frost in 1916. A third, even more fantastic possibility for the death of the universe has just been proposed. T...
Read article 'A Brazilian feast of cosmology and gravitation'
A Brazilian feast of cosmology and gravitation
The Brazilian School of Cosmology and Gravitation celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2002 by launching a website that contains all 93 lectures and seminars of the nine schools that have been organized...
Read article 'HERA II puts collisions in a spin'
HERA II puts collisions in a spin
This is a first not only for DESY, the laboratory that is home to HERA, but also for the world.
Read article 'German government pronounces on TESLA projects'
German government pronounces on TESLA projects
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research gave the go-ahead on 5 February for the TESLA X-ray laser to be built at DESY as a European project.
